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I. M. ABBOTT.

VELOGIPEDE.

No. 403,406. Patented May 14, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS M. ABBOTT, OF JEFFERSONVILLE, INDIANA, ASSIGN OR OF ONE- HALF TO CHARLES W. RODGERS,

OF SAME PLACE.

VELOCIPEDE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 403,406, dated May 14, 1889. Application filed September 29, 1888. Serial No. 286,803. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANCIS M. ABBOTT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jeffersonville, in the county of Clark and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Velocipede Attachments; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has relation to an attachment for tricycle-velocipedes, and it has for its object to increase the carrying capacity of the machine by providing a buggy bed or frame bearing a seat which may be occupied by one or more children, and which will serve as a convenient means for carrying parcels and the like.

The invention will be fully understood from the following description and claims when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a view of a velocipede with my improved attachment in position thereon, one of the wheels being removed; and Fig. 2 is a front View of the improved body removed from the machine.

Referring by letter to the said drawings, A indicates a tricycle-velocipede, which may be of any ordinary or approved construction, as my improvements are adapted to be applied to any of those at present in use.

B indicates the attachment, which is composed of a body similar in contour to that of a body-bed, although I do not wish to confine myself to any particular form. This body has hinged to the upper edge of its foot-board or dash-board an auxiliary dash-board, C, by means of a strap, D, which may be of leather or other suitable material, and in addition to serving as a hinge for the said dash-board 0 it also serves as a means of suspending the front portion of the body from the frame of the tricycle. The upper edge of this dashboard 0 is preferably provided with a strip of rubber or other elastic material, so as to prevent abrasion and harsh noise during travel.

The strap D is designed to extend over and around the rearwardly-extending branches of the backbone of the tricycle.

The side walls of the body B are provided at diametrically-opposite points with semicircular slots E, communicating at their inner ends with an upwardly-oblique slot, at, the latter of which is designed to receive the axle, and these slots a have an inner lining or cushion of rubber, b, to engage and rest upon the axle of the rear wheels of a velocipede. The semicircular slots E extend from the slot a to the upper edges of the side walls of the body, and the slot a is formed at such point that the body may be balanced upon the axle. The body is also provided with a suitable seat and an incasement which will prevent the clothing of the rider from coming in contact with the axle.

To apply my improvements to a tricyclevelocipede, I first disconnect the strap at the dash-board, so as to allow the latter to fold forwardly. I then take the buggy-bed and pass the same beneath the axle of the rear Wheels, so as to introduce it into the slots E, after which the said body is moved forwardly and seated in the slots (1. I then raise the dash-board and pass the strap thereof around the two rearward branches of the backbone of the tricycle and adjust the same thereto, when I attain a well-balanced buggy attachment which may be manufactured at a small expense and readily applied to and removed from any ordinary tricycle.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- 1. The combination, with a tricycle, of a buggy-body or carryall having its side walls slotted to receive the axle, and a strap on its dash-board for connectin g it with the branches of the backbone, substantially as specified.

2. A buggy-body or carryall attachment having semicircular slots in its side walls which communicate with an upwardly-directed slot, in combination with a cushion in the latter slot, a hinge dash-board, and means for connecting the hinge dash-board to the rearwardly-directed branches of the backbone of a tricycle, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANCIS M. ABBOTT.

Witnesses:

J OSEPH VEAsEY, CHARLES TAOKEL. 

